The Hopes

The “revival” of a once “dead” canal in Ho Chi Minh City, which will be complete early next month, has nurtured hopes among residents for a brighter future and a neater, environmentally-friendly façade in the area.

The French Aéroports de Paris (ADP) Group hopes to be a capital strategic partner with Vietnam during the equitisation of the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV), said Augustin de Romanet, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aéroports de Paris (ADP).

A special court in Senegal sentenced the son of former President Abdoulaye Wade to six years in prison for corruption on Monday and ordered him to pay a 138 billion CFA franc ($228 million) fine, dashing his hopes of competing in elections due in 2017.

An experimental drug from Biogen Idec Inc became the first Alzheimer's treatment to significantly slow cognitive decline and reduce what is believed to be brain-destroying plaque in patients with early and mild forms of the disease, according to a small study likely to reignite hopes of a treatment.

More than 50 people have been confirmed killed in a ferry accident off western Myanmar after rescue teams recovered more bodies from rough waters, police said Monday (Mar 16), as hopes faded of finding any survivors.